2020 Roscommon Senior Football Championship
# 2020 Roscommon Senior Football Championship

The 2020 Roscommon Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Roscommon GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. 12 teams compete, with the winner representing Roscommon in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Padraig Pearses were the defending champions after they defeated Roscommon Gaels in the 2019 final to claim their 1st ever S.F.C. crown.

This was Tulsk Lord Edward's return to the top flight of Roscommon football after claiming the 2019 I.F.C. title.

## Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.

## Group stage

There are three groups of four teams called Group A, B and C. The 1st and 2nd placed teams in Groups A, B and C automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. One third placed team from one of the three groups will receive a bye into the quarter-finals in an open draw. The remaining two 3rd placed teams will meet in a Quarter-Final Play-Off to determine the team that completes the quarter-finals lineup. The 4th placed teams will proceed to the Relegation Play-Off to determine which team will suffer relegation.

Each team has home advantage in one round, plays away in another before a neutral venue is for another round.

## Knock-Out Stage

### Preliminary Quarter-Final

One third placed team from one of the three groups will receive a bye into the quarter-finals in an open draw (St. Croan's). The remaining two 3rd placed teams will meet in a Quarter-Final Play-Off to determine the team that completes the quarter-finals lineup.

### Quarter-finals

The 1st placed teams in Groups A, B and C along with the 2nd placed team with the best record are seeded for the quarter-final draw and cannot meet each other in the quarter-finals. The remaining 2nd and 3rd placed tams in the quarter-finals are unseeded. No pairing which is a repeat of a group stage fixture can occur in the quarter-finals.

## Relegation play-off

The Relegation Play-Off will consist of the 4th placed finishers in Groups A, B and C. The two teams with the best group record play in the Relegation Semi-Final. The loser of this semi-final must play-off with the remaining team in the Relegation Final. The winner of the semi-final and Final retains their senior status for 2021, while the loser of the Relegation Final must ply their trade in the I.F.C. for 2021.

